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When you have limited space in your home vegetable garden, you have to make tough choices about what to grow. Let me make the case for broccoli. Broccoli may not initially seem like the best plant for the home garden. Especially after I tell you that broccoli can take quite a bit of work to … Read more

Sure, the traditional green broccoli head floret is very attractive and to grow one feels like such an accomplishment. But did you know, broccoli leaves have more vitamins than the flowerhead we usually consume? Another newsflash, the stalk is gram for gram the healthiest part of the broccoli. I love to use a tender stem … Read more

“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” Marcel Proust I believe a functional garden is a successful garden. It makes sense that a garden that meets a need will be well-tended and cherished. A goal is a great motivator and growing … Read more

0 September 5, 2022 by Hope Gardens There’s so much to use of your homegrown vegetable plants. So much more than is available at the grocery store. Take a look at these ideas! Category Recipes, Vegetable gardening | Tags: Source link

March 19, 2023 by Hope Gardens Thank you for choosing Cabbage Hill Animal-Free Fertilizer. Why use animal byproducts when you can make a more sustainable choice, a more organic choice, a more ethical choice…and still get the best plant food available? Our fertilizers contain all-natural, organic, plant-based ingredients and minerals that provide both macro- and … Read more

March 29, 2023 by Hope Gardens This is it! The backbone of my gardening philosophy. I believe it is important to educate yourself on the best way to garden to avoid certain mistakes that may lead you to becoming discouraged, resorting to chemicals, and/or creating a bigger problem for yourself down the line. So be … Read more

March 29, 2023 by Hope Gardens When you love gardening, you have to tolerate some hot weather. And “weather” that’s a dry heat or a muggy heat, it goes on longer than we gardeners would really like. And that global warming isn’t gonna be letting up. So it’s important to know what thrives during those … Read more

March 29, 2023 by Hope Gardens Growing food has linked me to much more than my 4 x 8 raised bed. Take a look at what my eyes and mind have been open to. Does gardening and nature awaken the activist in you? Category Social Justice, Vegan, Vegetable gardening | Tags: Source link

April 1, 2023 by Hope Gardens Thank you for choosing Cabbage Hill Animal-Free Fertilizer. Why use animal byproducts when you can make a more sustainable choice, a more organic choice, a more ethical choice…and still get the best plant food available? Our fertilizers contain all-natural, organic, plant-based ingredients and minerals that provide both macro- and … Read more

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